Mumbai,which is said to be the financial capital of India, limped back to normalcy onWednesday morning with public transport resuming services after torrentialrains that lashed the city since Sunday.
The rainfallwith 375.2mm in the 24-hour period before 8.30 am on Tuesday was the highestsince the deluge in Mumbai of July 26, 2005. The rain had widely affected trainand bus services while several flights had to be diverted from Mumbai airportand others were delayed for hours.
According toan official of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Wednesday said that with respitefrom incessant showers, there was no more water logging in any parts of thecity and suburban trains and BEST buses are running according to schedule.
It has beenreported that out of 3,203 BEST buses, 2,950 buses are plying on the roads.
Moreover,the Central Railway has decided to operate its suburban services in Mumbaidivision on Sunday time table which means it will ply fewer trains, compared toweekdays when trains are run in full capacity.
The centralrailway will run the suburban services on July 3 in view of IMD forecast ofvery heavy rainfall coupled with high tide on Wednesday. The suburban serviceswill run today in Mumbai Division as per Sunday timetable.
However,special suburban services will be operated if the need arises.
Meanwhile,reports stated that no major accidents were reported on Wednesday except a firein an electric meter box at Tagor Nagar in subusrban Vikhroli (E). According toa BMC spokesperson, two persons suffered burn injuries in the incident and havebeen admitted to Sion Hospital.
